Jeremiah

⁹For, behold, I will stir upand cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country;and they will set themselves in array against her.She will be taken from there.Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man.None of them will return in vain. ¹⁰Kasdim will be a prey.All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the Lord. ¹¹“Because you are glad,because you rejoice,O you who plunder my heritage,because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain,and neigh as strong horses; ¹²your mother will be utterly disappointed.She who bore you will be confounded.Behold, she will be the least of the nations,a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. ¹³Because of the Lord’s wrath she won’t be inhabited,but she will be wholly desolate.Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished,and hiss at all her plagues. ¹⁴Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,all you who bend the bow;shoot at her.Spare no arrows;for she has sinned against the Lord. ¹⁵Shout against her all around.She has submitted herself.Her bulwarks have fallen.Her walls have been thrown down,for it is the vengeance of the Lord.Take vengeance on her.As she has done, do to her.